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diff --git a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
index 6d5cf45f9..eae291578 100644
--- a/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
+++ b/man/sd_id128_to_string.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
         <refnamediv>
                 <refname>sd_id128_to_string</refname>
                 <refname>sd_id128_from_string</refname>
-                <refpurpose>Format or parse 128 bit IDs as strings</refpurpose>
+                <refpurpose>Format or parse 128-bit IDs as strings</refpurpose>
         </refnamediv>
 
         <refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -69,19 +69,20 @@
                 <title>Description</title>
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_to_string()</function>
-                formats a 128 bit ID as character string. It expects
+                formats a 128-bit ID as a character string. It expects
                 the ID and a string array capable of storing 33
                 characters. The ID will be formatted as 32 lowercase
-                hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a NUL
-                byte.</para>
+                hexadecimal digits and be terminated by a
+                <constant>NUL</constant> byte.</para>
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_from_string()</function>
                 implements the reverse operation: it takes a 33
-                character string with 32 hexadecimal digits
-                (either lowercase or uppercase, terminated by NUL) and parses them back into an 128
-                bit ID returned in
+                character string with 32 hexadecimal digits (either
+                lowercase or uppercase, terminated by
+                <constant>NUL</constant>) and parses them back into a
+                128-bit ID returned in
                 <parameter>ret</parameter>. Alternatively, this call
-                can also parse a 37 character string with a 128bit ID
+                can also parse a 37-character string with a 128-bit ID
                 formatted as RFC UUID.</para>
 
                 <para>For more information about the
@@ -89,9 +90,9 @@
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>sd-id128</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. Note
                 that these calls operate the same way on all
                 architectures, i.e. the results do not depend on
-                endianess.</para>
+                endianness.</para>
 
-                <para>When formatting a 128 bit ID into a string it is
+                <para>When formatting a 128-bit ID into a string, it is
                 often easier to use a format string for
                 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>printf</refentrytitle><manvolnum>3</manvolnum></citerefentry>. This
                 is easily done using the
@@ -106,9 +107,9 @@
 
                 <para><function>sd_id128_to_string()</function> always
                 succeeds and returns a pointer to the string array
-                passed in.  <function>sd_id128_from_string</function>
-                returns 0 on success (in which case
-                <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in), or a negative
+                passed in. <function>sd_id128_from_string</function>
+                returns 0 on success, in which case
+                <parameter>ret</parameter> is filled in, or a negative
                 errno-style error code.</para>
         </refsect1>
 
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@
 
                 <para>The <function>sd_id128_to_string()</function>
                 and <function>sd_id128_from_string()</function> interfaces are
-                available as shared library, which can be compiled and
+                available as a shared library, which can be compiled and
                 linked to with the <literal>libsystemd-id128</literal> <citerefentry><refentrytitle>pkg-config</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry>
                 file.</para>
         </refsect1>